Northern District of Illinois

Task Force Information

Task Force
Name:

Great
Lakes Regional Task Force

Purpose:

The Great Lakes Regional Fugitive
Task Force (GLRFTF) has become the central investigative base
for a multitude of federal, state, and local agencies attempting
to identify, locate, and apprehend dangerous wanted offenders in
the greater Chicagoland area, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and
Wisconsin. The Task Force focuses primarily on combating violent
crime such as murder, sexual assault, rape, child pornography,
robbery and aggravated assault. Through the assistance provided
to state and local law enforcement agencies with community
policing efforts, violent crime interdiction initiatives, and
Task Force led warrant “roundups,” the GLRFTF arrests more than
500 violent offenders each month. In FY 2005, the Task Force
arrested more than 6,000 violent offenders in the region.

Contact Phone
Number:

Main Daytime Number (773) 475-5820
After Hours (312) 353-1002

After hours, call after hour
number and request to speak to someone with the Great Lakes Task
Force.